The daies gon, the Monthe passeth,

Hire love encresceth and his lasseth,

P. ii. 28

For him sche lefte slep and mete,

And he his time hath al foryete;

So that this wofull yonge qweene,

Which wot noght what it mihte meene,

A lettre sende and preide him come,

And seith how sche is overcome

With strengthe of love in such a wise,